Our Services

Running a business is demanding. Our business advisory service gives you access to strategic, practical guidance that helps you make better decisions and grow with confidence.

Our advisory services include:

• Business planning and growth strategy
• Cash flow forecasting and management
• Profit improvement and cost reduction advice
• Business structure reviews (sole trader, partnership, limited company)
• Budgeting and financial goal-setting
• Exit planning and succession strategies
• Raising finance and funding applications
• Key Performance Indicator (KPI) analysis

We also advise on:

• Tax-efficient remuneration strategies for directors
• Restructuring and reorganisation
• Mergers and acquisitions support
• Benchmarking against industry standards

We work closely with you to understand your goals and provide clear, actionable advice that makes a real difference to your bottom line.

We prepare accounts for sole traders, partnerships, limited liability partnerships and companies to help in completion of self-assessment tax returns and corporation tax returns. We produce abbreviated set of accounts for Companies House and full sets in iXBRL format for HMRC.

Work performed to agreed timescales. We can also:

• Identify areas to minimise tax liabilities
• Identify business improvement areas
• Use accounts to measure goals

We explain in plain English.

Let us give you peace of mind. Provide us with your invoices and bank statements, and we will do all the processing for you.

We prepare:

• End of Year Accounts
• Estimated Tax Liabilities
• Optimal cash withdrawal advice
• Key Performance Indicators
• Management Accounts
• VAT Returns

Having done your bookkeeping makes VAT inspections easier.

Confused about the first step? We give independent expert advice. We make suggestions on whether to operate as a sole trader, partnership, LLP or limited company.

We help with all the paperwork for compliance so you can focus on running your business. You can also enjoy our other services too.

Off the shelf readymade company, tailor made company, or LLP. Same day formations available.

Packages include:

• Advice on pros and cons of incorporation
• Director/secretary appointments
• Bank account help
• Finance raising
• Book-keeping setup
• Business plans
• Corporation Tax registration
• Minutes and resolutions
• Share issuance
• Registered office
• PAYE setup
• Tax review
• VAT registration

Further services:

• Acting as Secretary
• Company searches
• Share transfers
• Meeting agendas
• Annual Return filing
• Company Law advice
• Meeting notices
• Statutory registers
• Share certificates
• Meeting minutes
• Registered office facilities
• Statutory documents

All inclusive services:

• Annual Accounts
• Book-keeping
• Company formation
• Secretarial
• Company tax returns
• IR35 dispute handling
• PAYE Returns
• Personal Tax Returns
• Anti IR35 contracts
• Contract review
• Tax computations
• VAT Returns

IR35 fundamental factors:

• Control
• Mutuality of obligations
• Right to substitute

Other factors considered:

• Basis of Payment
• Employee benefits
• Financial Risk
• Intention
• Length of engagement
• Profit opportunity
• Part and parcel
• Equipment
• Right of dismissal

The cost of National Insurance if you get IR35 wrong is considerable.

Tailored wealth succession planning. We advise:

• Individuals near the nil rate band or with larger estates
• Techniques for family homes, businesses and investments
• Lifetime transfers and wills

We take a common sense approach to inheritance tax planning.

Our management accounts services include:

• Actual vs budget comparison
• Branch/Divisional results
• Costing and break-even information
• Help with in-house systems
• Monthly and quarterly accounts
• Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reporting
• Information for lenders
• Training

Tailor-made payroll service:

• Automated payment setup
• CIS returns
• Leavers and starters administration
• Department reports
• Payslips
• Monthly summaries
• Staff cost analysis
• RTI PAYE returns

Year end:

• P60s
• P35
• P11D/P9D

Additional advice:

• Benefits planning
• Company car strategies
• Inducement payments
• Retirement planning
• Tax efficient remuneration
• Termination payments

Our services include:

• All aspects of Self Assessment
• Computation of liabilities
• HMRC correspondence
• Tax Returns
• Inheritance tax planning
• Tax disputes
• Tax enquiries
• Tax Investigation Fees Protection
• Trusts

We advise on:

• Capital Gains rollover and holdover relief
• Inheritance Tax
• Principal Private Residence (PPR) election
• Second homes
• Stamp duty planning
• Tax efficient mortgages
• Sale of part of residence
• Rental income strategies
• Trading vs Capital Gain
• VAT on property
• Repairs vs capital expenditure
• When to use a Limited Company

HMRC investigates both randomly and specifically. We know how HMRC works and can represent you effectively.

Penalties can be severe — up to doubling of your tax bill plus interest.

We run anti-investigation scanning checks on every return we submit to minimise your risk.

We prepare tax returns for individuals, sole traders, partnerships and limited companies. The self-assessment regime has penalties for late filing and payment, so timely submission is essential.

We assist with:

• Tax liability advice
• Tax computations
• HMRC correspondence
• Tax planning opportunities
• Negotiating with the Collector

Our VAT services include:

• Advising on registration need
• Best VAT schemes
• VAT registration application
• VAT inspection attendance
• Registration forms
• VAT return completion and training
• HMRC disputes
• VAT planning

Three ways we can assist:

• Give us your books and we will do the rest
• Let us do the bookkeeping for you
• We provide training so you can do it yourself